Feature Flags

If you're working on React core and hit a test failure that only happens in the www channel or mysteriously skips in certain environments, this is your troubleshooting guide. It walks you through the fork file system (ReactFeatureFlags.js and its channel-specific variants), explains when to use @gate pragmas versus inline gate() checks, and covers the __VARIANT__ flag behavior that simulates gatekeeper testing. The debugging section on comparing flag states across channels is genuinely useful when you're staring at a CI failure that doesn't reproduce locally. One gotcha worth internalizing: feature flags need to exist in every fork file, not just the main one, which trips people up more than it should.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add facebook/react --skill feature-flags --agent claude-code